The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Chicagoans Still Cruising on
the T0bOggan.
THE BASE BALL INTERESTS,
Keily's Cuteness-The Coming Turf
Season-Smith and Sullivan-An-
sons Peculiar Predicament.
THE BASE BALL INTERESTS
CHICAGO, February 2, 1887.
Correspondence OF THE HERALD.

may SaIely say LndG lew IL any OF the
young people of the city have yet begun
to show any signs of firing of ice skat-
ing, toboggan or sleighing parties. Last
Saturday evening the DrexeI Toboggan
Club rendered reception to Miss For
tescue, the pretty. actress now playing
an engagement at the Grand Opera
House, and who upon her arrival week
ago declared in column interview tina.
although she loved the stage, she loved
toboggahing better. The reception took
place atsthe clubs slide upon the south
side, and the principle enjoyment of the
evening it was needless to say, consisted
of an hours jolly tobogganing by. the
club members and Miss Fortescue and
her company. "a
Every one was attired infull toboggan
costume and the pretty actress declared
that she would remember the evening
with the keenest delight so long as she
lived. Just now the finest tobogganing
of the season is being enjoyed, and no
one anticipates a final breakup before
March 1st at the earliest.
.r. BASEBALL.
Kelly has not yet signed with Chicago,
and the prospects for doing so are no
better than when wrote you last.
Have you heard anything from Kelly
of late?" 1 asked of President A. G..
spalding this morning.
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from him. l am tired of hearing his
name mentioned-in fact | am tired
of everything connected with him. l
did receive a letter from him about six
weeks ago telling me IN very plain
words that he would not play baseball in
Chicago this year under any circumstan-
ces. Now if he means what he says, |
shall simply try to get along without
him, that is all. OF course l want him
with US, if he will come to play ball as
he played it last year, but viii have no
disgruntled man In my team no matter
how much ability he possesses or what
his reputation is as ball player. If Mr.
Kelly want to play bail with Chicago
this year, he wants to tell me of the fact
at very early day, for 1 no not propose
to inconvenience my team or jeopardiZe
account"
The only players of the Chicago team
who are showing themselves about town
are Arson and Billy Sunday. Both are
putting in their time at the head of the
ball park toboggan slide, and the deft
manner in which they take charge of
the toboggans and then shoot them of
down the slide would seem to indicate
long practice in such delicate work.
l was speaking with an old admirer of
the game the other day, who told me a
good story on Captain Arson, and all
who personally know the big fellow can
appreciate it the better. at was last
spring" said my informant, while the
team was down at Hot Springs. that
Arson started out after breakfast one
morning for stroll through the coun-
try air. He wandered along the coun-
try highway until he came upon a lit
tie village church standing back from
the road, and as he stood listening 10
the strains of the organ, it occurred TO
him that it had been many year since
he had been good church member, al
though in all other respects he was q
good Christian. If he was ball player.
III just drop in, said Arson to him
self, for feel just in the mood to listen
to a good sermon this morning. And
as the thought crossed his mind, the big
first baseman stepped through the door.
way into the church and took a seat.
The preacher was a genuine Arkansas
back woods eXDounder Of the gospel,
who seemed capable of making but one
point in his sermon, and that was the
wiCkeSneSs of humanity and the horri-
bic punishment it would suffer amidst
the fires of he'll, if it did not reform. An
son stood IL as long as he could, and
then picking up his hat, started for the
door. @
stop there, young mani shouted
the preacher, as ne caught sight of An
son 5 retreating figure. Arson stopped
and the pTeaCheTlooking over the top OF
his spec aClsS vito frown that would
have frozen ANYBODY else but Arson to
the spot, CONTINUED: Would You DELHI
era'ely walk out OF here down TO hell
rather than stay and listen \to me
preach p
"Auson looked confused for a secGnd
as any man would under the clrcum-
stances, but SoonrecOvered his selJ-com-
posure. and looki the preacher
sqU'arely in the eyes, said: Yes, ]
think l would And he went"
Fhe baseball prophets are beginni lg
alreaiy 70 tell how the League clubs are
coming out OF the race next season, anC
few OF the guesSaS are alike. | shall
make no gueSSes until the teams report
for duty on the 1st of March. Then
perhaps, l may venture a predi ton
One thing may pretty surely be de
pended upon, however, ana that is tina
The race will be closer ana eood deal
harder fought this ye1r than last.
THE TURF.
There are many lovers of the turf re-
siding outside the city of Chicago VINE
annually spend two or three days, Oh
longer. atour great running race meet
ings at Washington Park, and to such o
those who reside in Salt Lake the fol-
lowing chat which l had this morning